A history of battleships. Tells the stories of (among others): the Bismarck, the Yamato, the Prince of Wales, the Repulse, and the USS Missouri.
Over nearly one hundred year history, no other warships in the world have so distinguished themselves as the battleships. For every nation, they have become the ultimate “Ships of State.” As proud symbols of naval might, as powerful floating fortresses, as the home of a unique community of “Battleship Sailors” and major instruments of national policy in war and peace, battleships remain unique in the annals of naval history. This is the story of the battleship, as a symbol and as a fighting machine. Reinvented again and again.
